October 2012 I-130 Filers

[allan-nhez 0]

Tagine. Yum!! I am making cholent tonight to celebrate the NVC FINALLY having received our file that I thought was lost!!

wow speedwell finally they received ur case,mine was still dnt know wer is our papers.. how do u know dey recieved ur papers already? via email or u call dem? tnx

[allan-nhez 0]

its been 34 days already still we dnt have case number yet,nvc didnt recieve our case yet.. wat we gona do? i already sent them our approval notice,and they reply is this :'(

Please be advised that the National Visa

Center (NVC) has received your inquiry

and the attached I-797 Notice of Action -

Approval Notice. Unfortunately, we do

not have record of receiving your

approved petition from U.S. Citizenship

and Immigration Services. The NVC will

contact USCIS on your behalf for

information on the location of this

petition.

[speedwell 224]

wow speedwell finally they received ur case,mine was still dnt know wer is our papers.. how do u know dey recieved ur papers already? via email or u call dem? tnx

Allan-nhez, to make a long story short, I just called the NVC and suddenly our file was there. It wasn't there yesterday morning; it was there yesterday evening.

[speedwell 224]

its been 34 days already still we dnt have case number yet,nvc didnt recieve our case yet.. wat we gona do? i already sent them our approval notice,and they reply is this :'(

That means they are looking into it. They are calling the USCIS. Don't be surprised if you get an e-mail that says your papers are being "retained" somewhere. It doesn't mean your papers are not being sent to the NVC. It is bad wording. All it means is that the office held your papers until they sent out a batch of files all together. In fact I received the "retained" e-mail AFTER my papers had already been mailed. Someone at NVC is sending out e-mails with old information. Probably someone calls and makes a note on the file, and someone else sends the e-mails. Don't worry, if your file is approved for sure and you see no change in case status, your file will show up.

[allan-nhez 0]

That means they are looking into it. They are calling the USCIS. Don't be surprised if you get an e-mail that says your papers are being "retained" somewhere. It doesn't mean your papers are not being sent to the NVC. It is bad wording. All it means is that the office held your papers until they sent out a batch of files all together. In fact I received the "retained" e-mail AFTER my papers had already been mailed. Someone at NVC is sending out e-mails with old information. Probably someone calls and makes a note on the file, and someone else sends the e-mails. Don't worry, if your file is approved for sure and you see no change in case status, your file will show up.

thanks for the reply speedwell.. we have the same local office,hubby is also from houston..did u call also the USCIS?

[speedwell 224]

thanks for the reply speedwell.. we have the same local office,hubby is also from houston..did u call also the USCIS?

I did, and I talked to more than one ISO. They could put in a service request (which I have not heard anything about, but it is moot now), and they could assure me that my petition was definitely approved. I suspect Houston, being new at the I-130s, is holding a lot of work for supervisory review, and then batching the files to ship them out once a month.

I found out more about the case by working through John Cornyn's office (I wouldn't touch Ted Cruz with someone else's ten-foot-pole, the #######). The very sweet immigration liaison called Houston (we can't do this) and found out exactly when the file was actually sent out. You (that is, the USC) could consider doing this too; fax in the privacy form you can find on John Cornyn's website ("help with an agency"), a copy of your NOA2, and a letter explaining the delay and requesting that Houston not sit on approved files.

Edited March 26, 2013 by speedwell

[Darnell 8,478]

ouch - so Houston is sitting on casefiles, after approval? The b@stards...

[speedwell 224]

ouch - so Houston is sitting on casefiles, after approval? The b@stards...

SEVEN WEEKS from approval to receipt at the NVC, after getting the Senator's liaison involved and being assured our petition was uncomplicated and normal? I can't think what else it might be. I can't imagine how long a complicated file would take.

[Darnell 8,478]

i think, for Houston, it smells like they are sitting on approved petitions and only shipping out once a month.

That's what it smells like.

[srloring13 12]

That sound about right. I found out that the local field office that had my file and where I attended my interview for the I-130 did not send the file to NVC for about 20 days after the case was approved. A tier 2 rep at USCIS told me that the local field offices usually hold all the approved petitions and send them in a large batch to NVC. My NOA2 had a notation that my file would be forwarded within 30 days.

Edited March 26, 2013 by srloring13

[YA 1127 6]

Ok so NVC said that we have to wait about 20 days to review each document we send ei: aos packet and the other packet

I asked the lady so does that mean you mean 40 days lol

She said possibly lol

All i did was hang up turn off d lights and breathe

Wuuuuuuuuuuussssssaaaaaaaaaaa!

Wtfk

Sorry just wanted to share !! And uhmm vent

[klester 0]

Finally got my NOA2 e-mail today (Mar 26 2013) for my I-130 which had a priority date of Oct 1 2012.

Now for the fun NVC!

[YA 1127 6]

Klester congrats

[Darnell 8,478]

Finally got my NOA2 e-mail today (Mar 26 2013) for my I-130 which had a priority date of Oct 1 2012.

Now for the fun NVC!

congratulations ! yay !

[p2bpnoy 0]

OMG.. :dance: :dance: i just called NVC..and my I-130 is approved and completed yesterday(03/25/2013)..waiting for the interview date for my wife now..